Wow, looks like we’re getting a
raise!
Eventually…
Well, immediately we can afford a happy
hour. For next school year we’ll be earning 101% of what we used
to! Just make sure the happy hour is at a fast food place where extra
ketchup is free.
And then in the middle of next school
year, we’ll actually get a raise.
Sorry, sorry, that is not exactly
accurate. We will receive a contractual pay increase that in some way
reflects the number of years we’ve (without a raise) worked. Not a
raise.
Maryland keeps getting ranked as #1 in
public education, but there’s no need to pay teachers more for
that. When I used to work at a restaurant, there we had an expression
for when customers said how great the service was and then left a
lousy tip. Actually, there were a lot of expressions, but the one you
may not have heard before is verbal tipping.
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| verbal tipping - it's not just for waiters anymore |
But hey, getting those rare,
infinitesimal pay increases is better than in other school systems
where all the teachers get fired, right? Right? I mean, what we’re
doing now is better than just leaving, right? We shouldn’t just
give up and stop working in a broken system where no one appreciates
us, right? … right?...
-(clears throat amid deafening silence)-
Oh, wait – it's summer.
Okay, so I can't be too bitter with weeks of vacation at hand. But please understand that the teacher appreciation image above is intentionally missing parts.
Enjoy the summer, everyone!
